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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for South Derbyshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
0 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Nov 2013 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Smisby Manor, Annwell Lane, Smisby, Ashby De La Zouch, Derbyshire, LE65 2TA
Received 28 Jul 201767 Merlin Way, Mickleover, Derby, Derbyshire, DE3 0UJ
Received 28 Jul 201746 High Street, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8GJ
Received 31 Jul 2017Land At Sk3931 5448, Snelsmoor Lane, Chellaston, Derby, Derbyshire,
Received 31 Jul 2017Badger Farm, Willowpit Lane, Hilton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5FN
Received 31 Jul 2017Cornerways, Botany Bay, Grangewood, Swadlincote, Derbyshire,
Received 3 Aug 2017Brook House, High Street, Repton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6GD
Received 4 Aug 2017Tutholme, Woodhouses, Melbourne, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 8DN
Received 2 Aug 201733 Castle View, Hatton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5QL
Received 3 Aug 2017Sainsburys Local, Derby Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8FE
Received 4 Aug 20177 Hall Park, Barrow On Trent, Derby, DE73 7HD
Received 3 Aug 201761 Bretby Hollow, Newhall, Swadlincote, DE11 0UE
Received 3 Aug 201732 Askew Grove, Repton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6GR
Received 4 Aug 201730 Main Street, Ambaston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE72 3ES
Received 5 Aug 20174 Chapel Lane, Barrow On Trent, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7HE
Received 4 Aug 2017The Granary, Ashby Road, Ticknall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7JJ
Received 6 Aug 201771 Ashby Road, Ticknall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 7JJ
Received 7 Aug 20174 Walnut Close, Burnaston, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6PA
Received 4 Aug 2017The Limes, Highfield Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire, DE11 9AS
Received 4 Aug 2017Badger Farm, Willowpit Lane, Hilton, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 5FN
Received 2 Aug 2017Catton Wood, Donkhill Plantation & Walton Wood, Catton Hall Estate, Catton, Swadlincote, DE12 8LN
Received 4 Aug 201739 Rosliston Road South, Drakelow, Swadlincote, DE15 9UD
Received 8 Aug 2017Ingleby View, Woodshop Lane, Swarkestone, Derby, DE73 7JA
Received 8 Aug 2017Seales Pastures Wood, Acresford, Derbyshire,
Received 4 Aug 2017Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Derbyshire District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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